Cycling

The Namibian Cycling Federation will host the National Mountain Bike Championships in Windhoek on Sunday morning.

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Namibian cyclist Dan Craven came second in the 136km Trofeo Salvatore Morucci race which took place just north of Rome last Sunday.

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Namibia’s Mannie Heymans finished 45th in the men’s Mountain Bike Cross Country race at the Olympic Games on Saturday, August 23.

Heymans was pulled off the course when he was lapped after five of the eight laps by the eventual winner, Julien Absalon of France.

Absalon won the gold medal after completing the 35,6km course in a time of 1:55,59. Absalon’s compatriot Jean Christophe Peraud finished second, 1 minute 7 seconds behind while Nino Schurter of Switzerland finished ...

Namibian cyclist Erik Hoffmann came 22nd in the cycling road race at the Olympic Games on Saturday.

Hoffmann completed the 245km road race in a time of 6 hours 26 minutes 17 seconds to finish 2 minutes 28 seconds behind the winner, Samuel Sanchez of Spain. Sanchez completed the race at an average speed of 38,36km.

The road race started with a 79km ride from Beijing to the Great Wall of China, from where it covered seven more laps of about 24km each.

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Namibian cyclist Dan Craven continued his good form of late when he came third in the 175km Inda Grand Prix in Caravate, Italy on Sunday.

After his FidiBC.com team mate Jaro Marycz helped him to win the Crystal Energie Grand Prix on July 19, it was Craven’s turn to repay the favour and he did so by helping Marycz to victory on Sunday.

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